Glove



B. ELSEY, c. F. ZWICK AND H. C.'LAWSON.

GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1911.

1,333,395. Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1- fTORA/HS B. ELSEY, C. F. ZWICK AND H. C. LAWSON.

GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1911.

1,333,395; v Patented Mar. 9,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

F 2 I; 7 q fj l/VVE/i/TOI? wi% ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES ENT OFFICE.

raonnnuns'r ELSEY AND CHARLES E. ZWICK; or mme viiroms, AND HOMER c.

LAWSON, or RICHMOND, INDIANA.

. GLOVE.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, BRODEHURST ELSEY and CHARLES F. ZWICK and HOMER C. LAW- Son, citizens of the United States, and nesiand durable and may still be cheaply made.

The chief feature of'the inventionis the construction of a glove such as above referred to, bymaking a glove entirely of cloth and then facin'g'it with leather on the palm and a portion of the fingers, in'the. sides finger tipsand the surfacesin the crotchof thereof and in the crotch between thefingers and on the backs of the fingers at and near the ends thereof so that when the glove is used for picking up coal, picking and handling corn or holding reins, the back of the the fingers will be protected and at the same time be. so constructed as to be cheaply made from-small pieces of leather which are practically useless, having accumulated from the cutting of the general line of gloves.

The full nature of the inventionwill be understood from the accompanying drawings and the; following description and claims: f

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the palm of the glove. Fig. 2 is a plan" when united make a complete cloth glove.

view of the back ofthe glove. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the leather portion. adapted to e used on the palm. Fig. 4 is a plan view I of the leather portion adapted to be secured to the thumb. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the cloth portion of the palm of the glove. Figs. '6, 7, 8-, 9 and 10 ,are plan views of the leather pieces secured to the fingers ofthe glove. Fig. 11 is a plan .view' of the cloth thumb portion- Figs. 12, 13 and 14 are plan views of .the cloth portion of the backs of the fingers and hand. Fig. 15 is a plan view of the back of a portion of-two fingers of the glove spread apart.

In the drawings there is shown 'a glove having a palm 10,'a back 11 and gauntlet 12.

Specificatibn of Letters Patent.

A cloth thumb portion 15 and leather portion 16 are then stitched together to the gauntlet and palm portion, saidleather portion 16 covering only that part of the 'cloth Patented Mar.9,1920. Application filed rebruar jaa, 1917. Serial no. 150,562.

"Stitched to the gauntlet there is a cloth palm portion 13 with a leather palm "portion 14 secured to the outer side thereof.

portion as shown in Fig. 1, said leather F, being stitched to the outside of the, portion 15 by the stitching 17. The little finger portion 18, ,made of cloth, is then stitched to the cloth and leather palm so that it covers:

the back of the little finger and extends fromthe tip thereof to the gauntlet, asshown in Fig. 2. At the same time the leather piece I 19 is secured on the outside thereof and stitched in the seam joining the little finger portion to the palm portion of the-glove.

, The cloth portion 20 is stitched toth e portion 18 and to the palm so as to extend back to the gauntlet.- At the tipjof said -portion the leather pieces 21 and '22 are The glove made as abovedescribed is practically a glove made of cloth throughout'with the leather facings superimposed on the ',cloth,,although in some parts the cloth and leather portions have their edges united to the other portions together. The parts shown in Figs. 5, 11, 12, 13 and 14 The parts shown in Figs. 3, 4, 6, 7., 8, 9 and -10- arethe leather facings.

The sides'and crotches of the fingers are formed by the leather pieces 19, 21, 22, 25 and26, the right hand cut-offends abutting against each other. and when united form the. crotches and side pieces of leather extending from the side edges of the leather constituting the palm of the fingers outward and over the backs of the ends of the fingers, as shown in Fig. 2, the upper edges of said strips of leather being inclined as shownso as not to cover or come very near the second joints of the fingers and thus make the fingers of the glove very flexible at said joints, for the second joints of the fingers of the hand are covered only by the cloth.

From the foregoing description of the small pieces which may be taken from scraps reinforcing facing-thereon of leather cover of leather, thus greatly cheapening the manufacture.

Thg invention claimed is: 1. A love made of cloth and having ing the palm of the hand and fingers, and

' pieces of leather secured to the finger portionsthereof and covering the sides and crotch surfaces of the fingers and extendof the hand.

ing over the backs of the fingers toward the ends thereof so as to leave free the portions of the fingers of theglove which are adapted to cover the second joints of the fingers 2. 'A glove made of cloth, a reinforcing leather facing thereon consisting of a piece covering the palm and inner surfaces of the fingers,. and dart shaped pieces secured to the edges of the fingers of said palm leather covering and covering the" insides and crotches of the fingers and cut so as to meet each other on the backs of the fingers near.

the ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof We have hereunto affixed our signatures.

BRODEHURST ELSEY. A

CHARLES F. ZWICK; HOMER c. LAWSON. 

